Race preperation (restoration)

[muttley]

Ok last year I decided to take my ARDS test and race the S13 in the BARC NW Championship 2008.
After a faltering start to prepare the car (I'm about two months behind schedual) I,ve just had a week off work on the sick so I have managed to do some work on the car.
As I'm a tight wad and haven't renew'd my membership, I thought I show you some photos of my progress here.
Some pictures are a couple of months old, and some are upto today, I'll post more as the preperation continues, bear in mind that the car is not a show winner, the work is purely for safety and not for looks.

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a couple of months ago decided to start to strip the car.

After replacing the turbo I found to my horror the radiator cross member goosed



A couple of hours later

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I started to strip out the sound proofing again this revealed more horrors











Oh dear need to get the welder going

Keep an eye on the size of the wiring loom

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Oh how I hate electrics



was very nervous stripping the wiring loom, to the point of reconnecting, battery/ECU every so often to check the car still started ok.

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After much welding, scrapping, cleaning and basic spraying, the car is presently in the condition of the last picture in this series.













I took nearly 5ltrs of petrol and a scrapper to clean off the remaining crud left behind after the main bulk of the sound proofing was removed, three tins of primer just to get it to look tidyer, the cabin will eventually be sprayed red to suit and make it look much cleaner and tidyer..

[Ol'_200sx_thing]

loving the " minimalistic" look

I would have to have some sort of stero in their though

Need some tunes

[base-1]

When you're racing?! Behave lol

That's some great progress so far, keep it up

[muttley]

When you're racing?! Behave lol

That's some great progress so far, keep it up

I'm hoping to have the car ready for it's first race at Rockingham April 19-20th, failing that it will be at Oulton pk in May26th.
I'm a bit nervous about Rockingham, far to much concrete to bounce off.
There's a hell of a lot more to do yet

[xborninthefight]

Thats looking nice mate. Keep the picys coming, in a few weeks my going to be striping mine out and this will be some of help to me.

[base-1]

I'm hoping to have the car ready for it's first race at Rockingham April 19-20th, failing that it will be at Oulton pk in May26th.
I'm a bit nervous about Rockingham, far to much concrete to bounce off.
There's a hell of a lot more to do yet

Sounds like a tight schedule Good to have a solid date to aim for though What spec are you aiming for, how far can you go within regs?

[alanjuggler]

how much was the front crossmember repair panel from nissan? think i might need to do this myself pretty soon

looking good chap

[Stuymac]

Looking good matey

Have you got a link to the series regs - be very interested to see them

[Streetmekanik]

Hi. The bracket you switched, below the radiator. How much was it, how was it fitted (I am thinking welded), was it a bad job? Thanks.

Good luck racing.

[M.D.]

that floor looks mint is it matt red, or just red oxide, you going to gloss it at some point.

keep up the good work mate, and good luck

[muttley]

how much was the front crossmember repair panel from nissan? think i might need to do this myself pretty soon

looking good chap

Hi. The bracket you switched, below the radiator. How much was it, how was it fitted (I am thinking welded), was it a bad job? Thanks.

Good luck racing.

Cross member £72 + vat took me 4 1/2 hours with some modifications (seam welded not spot welded like the original)

Looking good matey

Have you got a link to the series regs - be very interested to see them

Regs not posted on the web yet, only have the hard copy sent to me by the Championship co-ordinator, will put up a links as soon as the are webbyfiy'd

that floor looks mint is it matt red, or just red oxide, you going to gloss it at some point.

keep up the good work mate, and good luck

ATM the floor is red oxide, will be painting gloss when I have finished strenghtening/welding the chassis rails

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Quick update (pictures to follow)
Today I fitted a new switch panel, for the Ignition (now keyless) also the starter button, aux switches washer, wiper and side lights

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piccys of switch/ignition panel

[Pete C]

So you don't need a dash for the series you're racing in? Must be pretty hardcore

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So you don't need a dash for the series you're racing in? Must be pretty hardcore

Modifiyed saloons i'm in the 2.5L class

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quick update
Got bored, so whip'd the bonnet off for a quick spray (don't forget it's not going to enter any shows), just races..



decided to do some extra weight reduction





then done some weight reduction to my finger with the grinder Doh!